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New York Guggenheim Museum, 11/04/11-01/22/12

Toilet Paper: Issue 4

Published by Deste Foundation for Contemporary ArtEdited by Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari.

Specially created by Maurizio Cattelan in collaboration with fellow countryman Pierpaolo Ferrari for Cattelan's major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Toilet Paper 4 is a brilliant new creation from the aberrant, animated mind of the Italian-born provocateur, mischief-maker and macabre witness to our times. Published by Deste, this part artist's book, part magazine contains no text; only full spreads of color photographs with imagery that often appropriates the slick production values of commercial photography to deliver dreamlike (or nightmarish) images that are as appropriate for the coffee table as they are for the WC. In an interview with Vogue Italia, Ferrari said that "the magazine springs from a passion/obsession that Maurizio and I have in common. Each picture springs from an idea, even a simple one, and then becomes a complex orchestration of people who build tableaux vivants. This project is also a sort of mental outburst."

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/13/2012

On Sunday, February 12th, Maurizio Cattelan and ARTBOOK hosted a party to celebrate Linda Yablonsky's birthday and the latest issue of TOILET PAPER, the photography magazine created by Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari. Yablonsky's bathroom was converted into the TOILET PAPER LOUNGE for one day only, complete with a champagne filled bathtub, and plenty of TOILET PAPER. Magazines that is. Some of the most notable names in the art and fashion worlds convened on Yablonsky's 2-floor walk up, including Yvonne Force, Lisa Phillips, Stefano Tonchi, Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, Marilyn Minter, Jack Pierson, Jeanne Greenberg Rohaytn, Mark Holgate, Roberta Smith, Lynn Yaeger, Nate Lowman, Charles Renfro, Anne Kennedy, and Massimiliano Gioni to name just a few. But it was the cake that stole the spotlight... Created by Kreëmart's Raphael Castoriano, it resembled a roll of toilet paper mounted on porcelain bathroom tiles but was in fact all edible and incredibly delicious. continue to blog

Specially created by Maurizio Cattelan in collaboration with fellow countryman Pierpaolo Ferrari for Cattelan's major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Toilet Paper 4 is a brilliant new creation from the aberrant, animated mind of the Italian-born provocateur, mischief-maker and macabre witness to our times. Published by Deste, this part artist's book, part magazine contains no text; only full spreads of color photographs with imagery that often appropriates the slick production values of commercial photography to deliver dreamlike (or nightmarish) images that are as appropriate for the coffee table as they are for the WC. In an interview with Vogue Italia, Ferrari said that "the magazine springs from a passion/obsession that Maurizio and I have in common. Each picture springs from an idea, even a simple one, and then becomes a complex orchestration of people who build tableaux vivants. This project is also a sort of mental outburst."